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WILLIAM ‘COWBOY’ LOY PWERL c. 1941 - Region: North Eastern Central Australia Residence: Iylenty, Utopia Language: Eastern Anmatyerr

Cowboy was born c.1941 at the sheep camp on Old McDonald station in the north east of Central Australia. He is an Eastern Anmatyerr speaker whose traditional country lies on the western side of the Sandover River on Utopia station, stretching west onto Mt Skinner station.

He is the younger brother of Louie Pwerl (now deceased), and custodian of a secondary series of Dreaming sites over the same area, the great variety of which can be seen in his paintings. He often depicts the nesting place of the Bush Turkey.

The name 'Cowboy' comes from his reputation as a stockman and his 'flashy' dressing. Cowboy changed his name from William to reflect this.

Cowboy is married to Carol Kunoth Kngwarray and Elizabeth Kunoth Kngawarray, both daughters of Nancy Kunoth Petyarr. He lives predominately at Mosquito Bore (Iylenty) but also spends time at Boundary Bore on the western boundary of Utopia land and Soakage Bore (Atnarar), south-east of Lytntye. Cowboy’s daughter, Genevieve Kemarr Loy, is also a painter.

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art has represented the artist since 2006.

Information from: Johnson, V. Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert, Craftsman House, 1994, p.80

Last updated: 10 May 2018 .1 WILLIAM ‘COWBOY’ LOY PWERL c. 1941 - Region: North Eastern Central Australia Residence: Iylenty, Utopia Language: Eastern Anmatyerr

COLLECTIONS: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla Museum of Victoria, Melbourne Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, Netherlands The Casama Group, Melbourne Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne Private collections in Australia and France.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Narrativa Herióca - Pintura Aborígine do Deserto Australiano Renaissance Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil & Arca Urbana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2014 Finalist, 38th Alice Prize: National Contemporary Art Award, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, 10 May – 9 June 2014 2013 Finalist, 62nd Blake Prize, University of NSW Galleries, Sydney, 18 Oct – 16 Nov 2013 Finalist, The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Museum of South Australia 2013 Landmarks & Law Grounds; Men of the Desert, Japingka, Perth, 12 April - 22 May 2012 Sandover River Stories, Japingka Gallery, Perth, 4 May - 6 June 2012 61st Blake Prize, The Blake Society, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2012 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Award, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane 2012 Outback Open Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery 2011 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Award, Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane 2010 59th Blake Prize, National Art School Gallery, 3 September - 2 October 2010, Sydney Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2009 Blake Prize, The Blake Society, National Art School Gallery, Sydney City of Albany Art Prize, 4 – 27 April 2009, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany An Individual Perspective: From the Collection of Lauraine Diggins, Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood and touring Geelong Art Gallery, 2010 2008 Impulse to Paint: The Artists of Iylenty, Utopia, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne Moscow World Fine Art Fair, Manege, Moscow, Russia Annual Collectors’ Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne Sydney Art & Antiques Fair 2008, Sydney 2007 Visions of Utopia, Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney Memory As Landscape, Masterpiece @ IXL, Hobart Utopia Today, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne artparis 2007, Grand Palais, Paris, France 2006 artparis 2006, Grand Palais, Paris, France 2005 artparis 2005, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Last updated: 10 May 2018 .2 LITERATURE: Impulse to Paint: The Artists of Iylenty, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melbourne, 2008 (exhibition catalogue) Annual Collectors’ Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 2008 (exhibition catalogue)

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